serotonin transporter gene

基本解释

These studies also looked at the roles of stressful life events, genotype at the serotonin transporter gene, and the resulting depression risk.
這些研究也調查壓力性生活事件的角色、血清素傳遞子基因的基因型和發生抑鬱的風險。
The study will be the first to measure which variant a teenager has of the serotonin transporter gene, which is responsible for our uptake of "feel-good" serotonin and mood control.
研究組還將首次測試青年人擁有那種轉胺基因（對吸收讓心情轉好的胺和控制情緒起首要作用）。
Objective To investigate the association of the polymorphism of serotonin transporter gene linked polymorphic(5-HTTLPR) region with depression and its clinical symptoms in the Han Chinese.
目的探討中國漢族人群5-羥色胺轉運躰基因連鎖多態性區域（5-HTTLPR）與抑鬱症及臨牀特征的相關性。

They report finding no link between the serotonin transporter gene and the risk of depression.
The gene is a transporter of serotonin, a brain chemical involved with mood and desire for food.

The serotonin-transporter gene comes in two functional variants—long and short.
ECONOMIST: The genetics of happiness
That some populations have more of the long version of the serotonin-transporter gene has been noticed before, though the association has previously been made at a national, rather than a racial, level.
ECONOMIST: The genetics of happiness